| 100% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret ___, "The Handmaid's Tale" author who collaborated with Naomi Alderman on a serialized zombie novel online |
| 34% | ATWOOD | 6 | The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret |
| 33% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THOMASRHETT | 11 | Singer/songwriter who collaborated with 17-Across, 28-Across, Reba McEntire, and Keith Urban on the country hit "Be a Light" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ATWOOD | 6 | "The Handmaid's Tale" author Margaret |
| 28% | ROWLEY | 6 | William —, English dramatist who collaborated with Thomas Middleton on The Changeling and A Fair Quarrel |
| 28% | TALE | 4 | "The Handmaid's ___" (Emmy-winning series based on a Margaret Atwood novel) |
| 28% | ROSEN | 5 | Nathan ___, physicist who collaborated with Einstein on a theory of wormholes |
| 28% | JIMMIEALLEN | 11 | "Best Shot" singer who collaborated with Brad Paisley on the 2021 country hit "Freedom Was a Highway": 2 wds. |
| 28% | SATIE | 5 | Composer who collaborated with Picasso and Cocteau on the 1917 ballet “Parade” |
| 28% | LANA | 4 | ___ Del Rey who collaborated with Taylor Swift for "Snow on the Beach" |
| 28% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
| 28% | DEMI | 4 | Lovato who starred on the Disney Channel's "Sonny With a Chance" |
| 28% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who took 34 years to publish a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale": 2 wds. |
| 27% | OTFAGBENLE | 10 | "The Handmaid's Tale" actor who plays a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of "The Handmaid's Tale" Margaret __ |
| 27% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | Singer who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2017 #1 hit "Perfect Duet": 2 wds. |
| 27% | SEANPAUL | 8 | Rapper who collaborated with Beyoncé on the 2003 #1 hit "Baby Boy": 2 wds. |
| 27% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | "The Handmaid's Tale" star who won the 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2 wds.) |
| 27% | TALE | 4 | "The Handmaid's ___," Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel that follows the journey of a woman in a totalitarian state |
| 27% | HARUKI | 6 | ___ Murakami, "Norwegian Wood" author who briefly was an online literary agony uncle with the site "Mr. Murakami's Place" |
| 27% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret ___, author of "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 27% | BRUCEMILLER | 11 | Creator of the Hulu TV series "The Handmaid's Tale," based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DEREKHOUGH | 10 | "Dancing With the Stars" dancer who's a judge on "World of Dance": 2 wds. |
| 27% | ONO | 3 | Yoko who collaborated with John Lennon on the "Double Fantasy" album |
| 27% | OTTAWAN | 7 | The Handmaid's Tale's Margaret Atwood, for one |
| 27% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret who wrote "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 26% | EARLE | 5 | Country singer Steve who collaborated with Shawn Colvin on a 2016 album |
| 26% | CAMILACABELLO | 13 | Singer who collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly in 2017 on the #4 hit "Bad Things": 2 wds. |